Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe…

Explain the significance of the nine kye and the stone trough in the protection of Lambton Hall, and indicate what the Worm did when the milk was no longer forthcoming.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Worm, milk · What happens: explain, indicate, do, be, protect · To what, where: significance, forthcoming, Lambton Hall

This is exam question 4 of lesson 264 «English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe fights the Worm at the Rock» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 kye	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kye	det
6	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 kye	nummod
7	kye	kye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 trough	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trough	det
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trough	compound
11	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kye	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 protection	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 protection	det
14	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trough	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Hall	case
16	Lambton	Lambton	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Hall	compound
17	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 protection	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 indicate	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 indicate	cc
20	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	conj
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 did	obj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Worm	det
23	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 did	nsubj
24	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 indicate	ccomp
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	31 forthcoming	advmod
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 milk	det
27	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 forthcoming	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 forthcoming	cop
29	no	no	ADV	_	30 longer	advmod
30	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	31 forthcoming	advmod
31	forthcoming	forthcoming	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 did	obj
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the nine kye and the stone trough in the protection of Lambton Hall		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
2	indicate	infinitive	you not said here			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
3	do	past	the Worm			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
4	is a	past	the milk	forthcoming	long property	tree rules
5	protect			Lambton Hall		nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The milk of nine kye, poured faithfully into the stone trough, pacified the Worm and so sustained the Hall through many years of peril, whereas any failure to supply the milk would have provoked the Worm to wreak havoc upon the Hall, its lands, and all who dwelt within its walls

The tree, 51 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 milk	det
2	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poured	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 kye	case
4	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 kye	nummod
5	kye	kye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 milk	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 poured	punct
7	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	_	7 poured	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 trough	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trough	det
11	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 trough	compound
12	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poured	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pacified	punct
14	pacified	pacify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 poured	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Worm	det
16	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pacified	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sustained	cc
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 sustained	advmod
19	sustained	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 poured	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Hall	det
21	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 sustained	obj
22	through	through	ADP	_	24 years	case
23	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 years	amod
24	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 sustained	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 peril	case
26	peril	peril	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 years	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 failure	punct
28	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	30 failure	case
29	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	30 failure	det
30	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 provoked	nsubj:pass
31	to	to	PART	_	32 supply	mark
32	supply	supply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 failure	acl
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 milk	det
34	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 supply	obj
35	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 provoked	aux
36	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	37 provoked	aux
37	provoked	provoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 sustained	conj
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Worm	det
39	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 provoked	obj
40	to	to	PART	_	41 wreak	mark
41	wreak	wreak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 Worm	acl
42	havoc	havoc	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 wreak	obj
43	upon	upon	ADP	_	45 Hall	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Hall	det
45	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 havoc	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 lands	punct
47	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 lands	nmod:poss
48	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 havoc	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 dwelt	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 dwelt	cc
51	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	53 dwelt	advmod
52	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 dwelt	nsubj
53	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 poured	conj
54	within	within	ADP	_	56 walls	case
55	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 walls	nmod:poss
56	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 dwelt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	participle · passive	the milk of nine kye	the stone trough		faithfully property	vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme into trough=Destination
2	pacify	participle	the Worm				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus worm=Experiencer
3	sustain	past	the Hall		year		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hall=Theme
4	supply	to-infinitive	the milk				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Recipient
5	provoke	would · perfect · passive	any failure				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer worm=Result
6	wreak	to-infinitive	havoc and Hall's lands			upon the Hall	tree rules
7	dwell	past				within Hall's walls	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The nine kye were the source of the Hall's protection, for their milk, poured into the trough, quieted the creature and preserved the household, and when it was withheld the Worm would coil round the Hall and lay waste to the park, the byres, and the dairy alike

The tree, 49 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kye	det
2	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 kye	nummod
3	kye	kye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 source	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 source	det
6	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 quieted	parataxis
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 protection	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Hall	det
9	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 protection	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Hall	case
11	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 milk	punct
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 milk	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 milk	nmod:poss
15	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 poured	punct
17	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 milk	acl
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 trough	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 trough	det
20	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 poured	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 source	punct
22	quieted	quiet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 creature	det
24	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 quieted	obj
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 preserved	cc
26	preserved	preserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 quieted	conj
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 household	det
28	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 preserved	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 withheld	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 withheld	cc
31	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	34 withheld	advmod
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 withheld	nsubj:pass
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 withheld	aux:pass
34	withheld	withhold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 coil	advcl
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Worm	det
36	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 coil	nsubj
37	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 coil	aux
38	coil	coil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 quieted	parataxis
39	round	round	ADP	_	41 Hall	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Hall	det
41	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 coil	obl
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 lay	cc
43	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 coil	conj
44	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 lay	obj
45	to	to	ADP	_	47 park	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 park	det
47	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 lay	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 byres	punct
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 byres	det
50	byres	byre	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 park	conj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 dairy	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 dairy	cc
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 dairy	det
54	dairy	dairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 quieted	parataxis
55	alike	alike	ADV	_	54 dairy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the nine kye	the source and source's milk		of the Hall's protection	tree rules
2	pour	participle		source's milk not said here	the trough		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into trough=Location
3	quiet	past		the creature			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent creature=Patient
4	preserve	past		the household			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=Beneficiary
5	withhold	past · passive		kye			tree rules
6	coil	would	the Worm			round the Hall	vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round hall=Destination
7	lay	infinitive	the Worm not said here	waste		to the park and the byres	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waste=Result
8	protect		the Hall				nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The milk of nine kye, poured into the trough, calmed the Worm and sustained the Hall, while failure to supply it would have roused the Worm to ravage the Hall

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 milk	det
2	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sustained	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 kye	case
4	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 kye	nummod
5	kye	kye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 milk	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 poured	punct
7	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 milk	acl
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 trough	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trough	det
10	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poured	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 calmed	punct
12	calmed	calm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 sustained	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Worm	det
14	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 calmed	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sustained	cc
16	sustained	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Hall	det
18	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 sustained	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 roused	punct
20	while	while	SCONJ	_	27 roused	mark
21	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 roused	nsubj:pass
22	to	to	PART	_	23 supply	mark
23	supply	supply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 failure	acl
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 supply	obj
25	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 roused	aux
26	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 roused	aux
27	roused	rouse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 sustained	conj
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Worm	det
29	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 roused	obj
30	to	to	PART	_	31 ravage	mark
31	ravage	ravage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 roused	advcl
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Hall	det
33	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 ravage	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pour	participle		the milk of nine kye not said here	the trough	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into trough=Location
2	calm	participle	the milk of nine kye not said here	the Worm		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus worm=Experiencer
3	sustain	past	the milk of nine kye	the Hall		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hall=Theme
4	supply	to-infinitive		failure		vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
5	rouse	would · perfect · passive		failure		tree rules
6	ravage	to-infinitive		the Hall		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The milk of nine kye, poured into the trough, pacified the Worm and sustained the Hall, while failure to supply it would have provoked the Worm to wreak havoc upon the Hall

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 milk	det
2	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pacified	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 kye	case
4	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 kye	nummod
5	kye	kye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 milk	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 poured	punct
7	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 milk	acl
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 trough	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trough	det
10	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poured	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pacified	punct
12	pacified	pacify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Worm	det
14	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pacified	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sustained	cc
16	sustained	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 pacified	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Hall	det
18	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 sustained	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 provoked	punct
20	while	while	SCONJ	_	27 provoked	mark
21	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 provoked	nsubj:pass
22	to	to	PART	_	23 supply	mark
23	supply	supply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 failure	acl
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 supply	obj
25	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 provoked	aux
26	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 provoked	aux
27	provoked	provoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 sustained	conj
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Worm	det
29	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 provoked	obj
30	to	to	PART	_	31 wreak	mark
31	wreak	wreak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 provoked	advcl
32	havoc	havoc	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 wreak	obj
33	upon	upon	ADP	_	35 Hall	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Hall	det
35	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 wreak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pour	participle	the milk of nine kye not said here	the trough		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into trough=Location
2	pacify	participle · passive	the milk of nine kye			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer worm=Result
3	sustain	past	the Hall			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hall=Theme
4	supply	to-infinitive	failure			vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
5	provoke	would · perfect · passive	failure			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer worm=Result
6	wreak	to-infinitive	havoc		upon the Hall	tree rules

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